Tire.



F. REED.

TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 21,1909.

Patented Jan. 24, 1911 amen/boa,

UNITED STATES PArEN '1 OFFICE.

-IRANK REED, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

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982,634, Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jam 24, 1911..

. l Application filed December 21, 1908. Serial No. 534,274. l T ll'wh jt my mu or ribs 8 cooperatin with the an ular bead of the United States,

' I illustrating tion is to provid reakdowns on tires will be obviated and the easy riding View, the invention 7 to form anti-skid ing means for the tire and to provide for a firm engagement of the tire with the ground or other surface over Be it known that I, FRANK R515, a citizen residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Ne- I braska, have invented certain new and useh ch t passes. ful Improvements in Tires; and I do d lare a It is to be understood that 'I am not limthe fol owing to be a full, clear, and exact ited to the description of the invention, such as will enable .othersskilled in the art to which it I appertains to'make and use the same. This invention relates to automobile tires. be primary object of the present invene an automobile tire which will be absolutely puncture proof and still ossess the maximum resiliency whereby the road due to punctured arrangement of the dperforations extending through the interme late portlon as shown in the drawing, but

or disposed in any desired relation as found most of the tire.

To more securely hold the tire in the rim 3 of the wheel, fastening wires 9are passed through certain of the innermost perforations of the intermediate or resilient ortion 5 of the tire and the flanges 9 of t e rim, said wires being suitably inclined adjacent their ends and formed with upward] bent locking ends to provide for the e ective retention in place thereof.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood with out requirin a more extended explanation. Various 0 ranges in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from tho. principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as defined in the appended claim. v

What is claimed as new' is In a device of the character described, a tire havin a solid rim and tread portions and a resi ient intermediate portion having spaced transverse openings therein, an a plurality of fastening wires extending through some of said 0 nings to secure the tire to a wheel rim, said f astening wires havin' I downwardly inclined end-portions adipted to extend through the wheel rim and upwardly-bent locking ends engaging the outer face of said-rim.

maybe expedient in the manufacture of the occupant or 'occu ants of the vehicle at the same time insured? With the foregoing and other objects in consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully descri ed and particularly pointed out in the appended claim. In t e accompanying drawin s, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tire em odying the present improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section thereof, and, Fig. 8 is a fragmentary plan view of a portion of the tire. Referring to the-drawings which are for purposes only and are therefore not drawn to any particular scale, the numeral 1 indicates the hub of a wheel of an ordinary or approved construction to whic the tire is applied, 2 the spokes of the wheel and 3 the .I'lm. The tire comprises a solid inner or rim-engaging portion 4 an intermediate transversely perforated resilient portion 5 and an outer tread portion 6.- The intermediate portion 5 is perforated trans-' versely its entire circumference to provide the requisite yielding or resiliency of the tire, while the outer or tread (portion 6 is y be of any size or sizes,

' preferably made absolutely soli The tread 'In. testimony whereof I have hereuntoset portion 6 is provided w1th a central outmy hand in presence of two subscribing standing annular bead or rib 7 which exwitnesses. tends entirely around the outer surface FRANk REED. thereof and with transverse webs or ribs 8 Witnesses: which extend from opposite sides of the SAMUEL'H. Faanswoarn, bead 7 to opposite sides of the tire, said webs MARION P. MCLUNG. 

